Archive for June, 2016

That’s not to say I’m not a big basketball fan… there is nothing more exciting than high school and college basketball.

But I don’t like the way it’s played on the professional level. You don’t see teamwork. You don’t see hustle. All you see is self-promotion… and a complete flaunting of the basic rules of the game. (When was the last time you saw a pro player called for traveling? Never. Exactly.)

But I was a big fan of the Golden State Warriors this year.

Because they played like no other NBA team. They played with teamwork and hustle. The played unselfishly. In doing so they brought up the level of play from their opponents, making games fun to watch again. In doing so they also won an NBA record 73 regular season wins.

Sadly the Warriors didn’t complete their magical season… losing Game 7 of the championship.

It’s only sports… but it matters to the Bay Area… we’re in shock… and mourning.

We’re swimming in a sea of “what if’s?”. What if the Warriors didn’t lose their big man Andrew Bogut? What if the Warriors were actually able to adjust to the obvious, that the Cavs were simply standing on the 3-point line taking away those shots, and that all the W’s had to do was simply take some easier/higher-percentage 2-point shots? What if the officiating wasn’t completely and utterly against Step Curry? What if the league didn’t job the Warriors and ridiculously suspend Draymond Green for Game 5 in an effort to balance out the series? What if Klay Thompson had just apologized for wearing a f***ing Dodger cap to a Giants game?

I suspect we’ll be talking about this for a long time into the future.

But — while this may be premature — let me be the first to pick myself up off the canvas and start the chant:

“74… 74… 74… !”

Here’s to an incredibly deserving Warriors team AND 74 regular season wins next year AND a 2017 NBA Championship!

Go ahead and support your brother, Klay. But wearing a Dodgers hat in SF’s home yard? That’s not just blasphemy, that’s contrary to the laws of science and nature. Yes, Klay got booed at home two days before a potentially NBA title-clinching Game 5. If he doesn’t understand ancient time-honored Bay Area history and loyalties now, he never will. Hope he didn’t jinx things.

I am a big fan of Klay Thompson. He’s intelligent, well-spoken, and, clearly, a heck of a basketball player… responsible for seemingly single-handedly saving Golden State’s season on many occasions.

Unfortunately, I am now less of a Klay Thompson fan.

Last night the SF Giants played the f***ing LA Dodgers at AT&T Park. Klay’s brother Trayce plays for the f***ing Dodgers. Klay went to the Giants game last night to support his brother — which is obviously a very cool thing to do.

What isn’t cool is wearing — FLAUNTING — a f***ing LA Dodger’s baseball cap at a home Giants game.

Do you know how many times the f***ing Dodgers have broken our heart?

Now you’ve broken our heart, too… the heart of the very San Francisco fans that have so sincerely supported you these past few years.

You could have simply worn a cap with the word “Trayce” on it… fans would have appreciated your loyalty to your brother… and you not shoving a despised symbol in our faces.

Instead, you choose to be disrespectful. You’re a professional athlete who presumably should know your own fan base. Shame on you.

Sadly, I will be rooting just a little less loudly for you come Monday night.